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Posted in thread: Joe's Ancient Orange Mead on 02-10-2015 at 07:16 PMMade a 1 Gal batch of this yesterday. I followed the recipe to the letter, except I didn't have
the cinnamon stick that I thought I had. So I used about a half tsp of ground cinnamon. And the
orange w...

Posted in thread: Joe's Ancient Orange Mead on 01-05-2014 at 08:57 PMWhole foods sells apple cider in 1 gallon glass jugs. I ferment the cider, then re-use the jugs
for mead.Sent from my SCH-I535 using Home Brew mobile app

Posted in thread: Joe's Ancient Orange Mead on 12-22-2013 at 01:15 AMI just grab them and pull them out with needle noise pliersSent from my SCH-I535 using Home
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Posted in thread: Easy Stove-Top Pasteurizing - With Pics on 12-10-2013 at 01:21 AMI think you're just asking for trouble by heating the pot with the bottles inside. The bottom
of that pot with stove on, will get way hotter than the water. If those bottles are touching
the bottom of...

Posted in thread: Easy Stove-Top Pasteurizing - With Pics on 11-26-2013 at 04:28 PMA couple things that might help...1) Pappers lowered his recommended temp to 180 degrees in
some more recent posts in this thread2) The bottom of your pot could be considerably hotter
than the water t...

Posted in thread: Goose Island Christmas Ale pre 2009 on 10-29-2013 at 03:42 PMSorry I don't have any insight into the pre-2009 version. The 2012 version is probably the best
brown ale I have ever had. I would love some recipe info on that if anybody has anything to
share.

Posted in thread: Southern Tier Pumking Clone?? on 10-13-2013 at 01:04 PMWhy can't the natural flavoring be the silver cloud natural pumpkin pie extract? They have both
the imitation and the natural extract. I used the natural extract.I agree. But whether they use
the silv...

Posted in thread: Southern Tier Pumking Clone?? on 10-12-2013 at 02:45 PMBecause they didn't put it on one of them. I'm not convinced that they are required to.